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U.S. Employment Picture at a Glance
Mar 4, 2011
U.S. employers added 192,000 workers in February and the unemployment rate declined to 8.9 percent -- the lowest level since April 2009. The illu...
The best and worst cities for jobs
Mar 3, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department will release its February jobs report on Friday. And that got us thinking about - location, location, location. The...
Unemployment numbers equivalent to populations of three states
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 2, 2011
This final note on the way out, some perspective on the unemployment report we're going to get Friday morning.
CareerBuilder: Most common job interview mistakes
Mar 2, 2011
Acing an interview has always been an important step in landing a job. But as many Americans continue their search for employment in today's ultr...
U.S. Employment Picture at a Glance
by
Matt Berger
Feb 4, 2011
CORRECTED 3/4/2011: This illustration has been updated to display the correct number of employed Americans who work part-time (shown in light gre...
MID-DAY UPDATE: January job numbers, German stock market, and banana wars
Feb 4, 2011
Big news from the U.S. Labor Department today. The unemployment rate is down to 9 percent -- the lowest it's been in almost two years. At the same...
The Saddest Place on Earth?
Feb 2, 2011
Are Bulgarians, who know how to have a good time, that unhappy?
For public good, not for profit.
MID-DAY UPDATE: Protests in Egypt, and the new iPad newspaper
Jan 31, 2011
The ongoing protests in Egypt have raised economic concerns worldwide. Moody's Investors Service has cut Egypt's credit rating and revised its...
Midday Update: Job numbers, calorie counts, and Romanian witches
Jan 7, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department's jobs report threw us for a loop today. The nation's unemployment rate fell from 9.8 to 9.4 percent today -- the lowest...
Economy created fewer jobs than expected
Jan 7, 2011
Just when the U.S. job outlook looked a little brighter, the Labor Department's unemployment report threw us yet another curve ball....